Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus, the causal agent of European ash dieback

A Gross, O Holdenrieder, M Pautasso… - Molecular plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The ascomycete H ymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (anamorph C halara fraxinea) causes a
lethal disease known as ash dieback on F raxinus excelsior and F raxinus angustifolia in E …

Fast and reliable molecular methods to detect fungal pathogens in woody plants

N Luchi, R Ioos, A Santini - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Plant diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms represent a serious threat to plant
productivity, food security, and natural ecosystems. An effective framework for early warning …

One fungus, which genes? Development and assessment of universal primers for potential secondary fungal DNA barcodes

JB Stielow, CA Levesque, KA Seifert… - … and Evolution of …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The aim of this study was to assess potential candidate gene regions and corresponding
universal primer pairs as secondary DNA barcodes for the fungal kingdom, additional to ITS …

Phylogenetic and phylogenomic overview of the Polyporales

M Binder, A Justo, R Riley, A Salamov… - Mycologia, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
We present a phylogenetic and phylogenomic overview of the Polyporales. The newly
sequenced genomes of Bjerkandera adusta, Ganoderma sp., and Phlebia brevispora are …

Goodbye morphology? A paradigm shift in the delimitation of species in lichenized fungi

HT Lumbsch, SD Leavitt - Fungal Diversity, 2011 - Springer
Accurate species delimitations are crucial for ecological and conservation studies,
assessments of biotic diversity, and identifying factors driving diversification. Estimates …

A comprehensive fungi-specific 18S rRNA gene sequence primer toolkit suited for diverse research issues and sequencing platforms

S Banos, G Lentendu, A Kopf, T Wubet, FO Glöckner… - BMC microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Background Several fungi-specific primers target the 18S rRNA gene sequence, one of the
prominent markers for fungal classification. The design of most primers goes back to the last …

Genome-based classification of Burkholderia cepacia complex provides new insight into its taxonomic status

Y Jin, J Zhou, J Zhou, M Hu, Q Zhang, N Kong, H Ren… - Biology Direct, 2020 - Springer
Background Accurate classification of different Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) species
is essential for therapy, prognosis assessment and research. The taxonomic status of BCC …

Chalara fraxinea is an invasive pathogen in France

C Husson, B Scala, O Caël, P Frey, N Feau… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Decline induced by Chalara fraxinea is an emerging disease that severely affects ash
stands in Europe. The disease appears to have an invasive spread from East to West of …

Environmental genes and genomes: understanding the differences and challenges in the approaches and software for their analyses

ML Zepeda Mendoza, T Sicheritz-Ponten… - Briefings in …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
DNA-based taxonomic and functional profiling is widely used for the characterization of
organismal communities across a rapidly increasing array of research areas that include the …

The rpb2 gene represents a viable alternative molecular marker for the analysis of environmental fungal communities

T Větrovský, M Kolařík, L Žifčáková… - Molecular Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Although the commonly used internal transcribed spacer region of rDNA (ITS) is well suited
for taxonomic identification of fungi, the information on the relative abundance of taxa and …